Gravestone Record

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Person Details
Gravestone photograph
Photo/Image Courtesy of Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Volunteers
Last Name FLAGG
First Name ARTHUR
Maiden
Relation H/O FLORA
Cemetery Number NT003
Cemetery Name COMMON BURIAL GROUND
Birth Day 0
Birth Month
Birth Year 1733c
Death Day 16
Death Month MAR
Death Year 1810
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years 77
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
Military Service
Gravestone Details
Section BG
Lot
Map 00256
Stone Material slate
Condition good
Shape fancy top
Carving no carving
Legibility good
Number of Graves on Stone 1
Stone Height (inches)
Stone Width (inches)
Exists? Yes
Last Seen Date 2008
Carver J. STEVENS
Notes/Misc Details
Notes "The sweetest remembrance of the just/ shall flourish while they sleep in dust." [See Richard C. Youngken's "African Americans in Newport" p.49 for a biographical sketch of Arthur Tikey/Flagg. Note Tikey was his African name]
Transcribed By AGB;JG;JES;BA